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The mission of the School of Business of the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla is to prepare qualified professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders in areas related to business administration. The Department of Business Administration offers the program for an undergraduate and masters degree in Business Administration. These programs have been designed to develop the students' analytical and strategic capacities and knowledge that will allow then to achieve internal effectiveness of a company and thus higher performance.

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2012 Conference Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BALAS 2012 Annual Conference, held at PUC-Rio in March, was a great success with a record number of submissions (226) from several Latin American countries, the US and Europe. The acceptance rate of only 54% indicates the rigor applied in the initial screening of the papers. The conference theme – Latin American Firms Competing in the Global Economy – attracted more than 200 participants: scholars, managers, public policy officers, and students. A total of 37 Brazilian and 41 non-Brazilian academic institutions were represented. The exchange of ideas and experiences as well as the networking opportunities were highlights of the conference.

The 2012 BALAS Conference also featured a doctoral consortium where 10 doctoral students received advice on their dissertation projects from six experienced professors. A seminar on “Generalizing to Populations via Case Study Research”, by Prof. Arch Woodside, Boston College, brilliantly closed the doctoral consortium.
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The opening plenary session featured presentations by four distinguished experts: Jose de la Torre (Emeritus Professor, Florida International University), Eduarda La Rocque (Secretary of Finance of Rio de Janeiro), João Carlos Ferraz (Vice-President, BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank), and Guilherme Dale (Founding Partner of Spencer Stuart, Brazil). The gala dinner, that took place at a cultural pavilion in Rio historical downtown, gave the participants a meritorious chance to relax after the intense days of conference sessions. IAG, the Business School of PUC-Rio, is very proud to have been given the opportunity to host this renowned conference.

We would like to thank the following sponsors whose financial contribution was invaluable for the conference: CNPq, Petrobras, Faperj, CFA, Coppead/UFRJ, FGV/Eaesp, and Euromonitor.